Uzbek president proposes setting up bloc of Central Asian states

TASHKENT: Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev proposed on Sunday forming a regional co-operation organization he called the “Community of Central Asia,” in what he said was a bid to promote economic integration in the region of more than 80 million people. In a speech at a meeting in Tashkent of the leaders of the five post-Soviet republics of Central Asia, as well as Azerbaijan, Mirziyoyev suggested transforming regular meetings between the leaders of the five former Soviet republics of Central Asia into a formal regional bloc.

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